How To Keep Your Tears

there are Fuckers out there
that are stealing tears.
They go around looking for the saddest
bad-off wretched bastards,
and they collect their tears
like a milk maid
takes the cow’s milk from her child.

We don’t think our tears important,
in fact, we are embarrassed by them.
But once they’re stolen,
we learn their god damned value.

Those fucking religious nuts:
they programmed us to believe
suicide was bad.

It’s the only way
you’ll ever keep your tears.